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Friday, December 25, 2009

Celebrating Christmas and Birthday with Eggless Christmas Cake

With nani around i had to bake eggless christmas cake for everyone ,while i was baking she was pretty excited how the cake would taste,as she is very fond of such things which were rare during her days,she liked eggless banana muffin,mexican cinnamon cookies too ,i goona post them soon as this whole week i will be on with Recipe Marathon hosted by Nupur of One Hot stove ,this is first recipe marathon which i gonna participate so i am pretty excited so guys u gonna cee posts whole week on asankhana i dont know how i goona do that :-) coming back to todays post i gonna share recipe of my first eggless christmas cake which i baked today ,

Preparation Soak the sultanas ,raisins,currants,cherries and mixed peel in the apple juice overnight
Procedure
Preheat the oven to 150degree centigrade ,grease and line cake tin and keep aside
In a mixing bowl transfer the soaked fruits,add hazelnuts,pumpkin seeds,ginger and lemon rind to the fruit.
Stir in the milk and oil ,sift the flour and spice into another bowl,then add to the fruit mixture with brandy or rum.
Combine thoroughly
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tinand bake for 40 mins or until the cake is golden brown and firm to touch.
Cool on wire rack

Many Many happy returns of the day....it's a great feeling when u share b'day(already a special day) with some other special day(like x'mas in your case)....cake looks good...i'm sure your nanima must have loved it ....